THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1949,
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IT MUST HAVE BEEN TIRED-This horse is part of the Chilean Military Police jumping team. Arriving In New York, after 18 days at sea during which it stood up in the narrow box stall, the horse is now being given an assist from ship down to the dock.
HE FOUND COMPLICATIONS-Danish student Hans Jespersen spent the summer hitch-hiking through western Europe and North Africa. But when he arrived In New York, en route to Middlebury College in Vermont, Jespersen had to make a careful study of a map of the city's subway system..
LIVING IN THE PAST The residents of the town of Unteruhidingen, Germany, still live like their ancestors of thousands of years age. Their dwellings, built on pilings over the water, have thatched roofs that closely resemble those of the Stone Age.
QUITE A COMPLIMENT—Opera stars Eugene Conley and Winifred Heidt, who are also Mr and Mrs, received a surprise at their home in New York. Because Conley eats two raw eggs before a performance, an admirer sent him a full bushel basket, which should last for a
lot of concerts.
BABE LOSES, AND THAT'S NEWS-Babe Didrikson Zaharias, left, was worried over the "-4" mark by which she trailed Louise Suggs early in the Women's National Open golf tournament in Landover, Maryland. She had reason to be, for in the finals Miss Suggs carded a five-under par 70 and won the title with a record- breaking 291, leading Babe by 14 strokes.
COURAGEOUS COUPLE-Major and Mrs Hans Hornbostel enjoy a stroll near their new home on Long Island, New York. During the war, while a Japanese prisoner, Mrs Hornbostel contracted leprosy and when she was sent to Carville, Louisiana, for treatment, the Major refused to leave her. The disease is now in check,
-MODERN" REBEL-Rebel Randall, television actress In Hollywood, California, salutés a Confederate battle flag to celebrate the legalising of her professional name. The change permitted Rebels to make n switch. from Alaine Charlotte Dorothy Brandes —and everyone will admit that's quite a change.
DIGGING HIM OUT-Rescue workers with torches and steel bars work to extricate the driver of the bus which crashed into a trailer near Hartford,¿ Connecticut. Almost all of the 30 passengers on board the bus suffered minor
POOR FISH-When a stream near · Las Vegas, Nevada
opened exclusively for youngsters, under :16, Barbara Proffitt was the first to rrive?” She did -
all right, too,
LARGEST AND SMALLEST A British stratocruiser and a tiny Mooney Illustrate the extremes of tho aeronautical world, in Seattle, Washington, a
as the largest and smallest commercially licensed aircraft in the US. The Mooney weighs 500 pounds when empty, carries one man and baggage at 120 mph. The larger ship weighs 142,500 pounds, carries up to 75 people at 800-340 mph.